07-16-2010, 08:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-16-2010, 08:06 AM by WildFlower.)
(07-16-2010, 07:48 AM)Ryan Wrote: The thing with Power of Now is that it's extremely difficult to apply if you have a lot of issues. When I first read it I went into that state, I was using some natural depression herb and had more of a placebo effect that died off after a few days. I find that by using subliminals I naturally go into a state of nowness and being in the moment because I'm no longer having negative thoughts by the pain body/ego. You can't necessarily shut the ego up if it's constantly trying to bring you down. But it is a good read with teaching you that the ego isn't really who you are, it's a false identity.
Pain body is just another word for 'shadow'. Jesus called it the 'devil'. You can't tempt yourself can you? It's take a separate entity to tempt. This is the shadow. It is generally dark as it is all the stuff which occurred within us during childhood which we didn't want to identify with. So we suppressed it and it became a separate entity to us. What Eckahrt is saying is that all identities are false and to see through them become aware of the present moment. It is classic nonduality. It isn't about 'living for the moment' it becoming aware of 'now' as a means to transcending the very idea of 'self' and directly realizing (as a direrct experience, rather than as intellectual knowledge) that you - and everything else, physical and nonpyhsical in this universe - is nondual conciousness. I recommend you check some Adyashanti out on YouTube if you like Eckahrt. He is also a nondual teacher. I can't live full in a nondual state all the time like Eckahrt and others, but meditating to reach it every now and then has a massive impact on my well being.
I actually think the Shannons 'Gamma' track could really help you Ryan. It brings the mind to a ridiculous state of awareness and focus that you can concentrate on any thought you want with sheer lucidity. If you want to take control of a unruly mind full of incessant thoughts the Gamma track is for you. I find it great for meditating power of now style. It really clears my mind. Listening to it also 'trains' my brain enough to be able to stay concious during the low theta tracks to, which also calm the mind and ultimately bring about a state that allows you to see beyond the mind. Essentially what you are doing is 'turning down' the mind whilst staying concious.
“To be normal is the ideal aim of the unsuccessful.” - Carl Jung
